root – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of root

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to root sth out
Participle: rooted sth out
Gerund: rooting sth out

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iroot sth out
youroot sth out
he;she;itroots sth out
weroot sth out
youroot sth out
theyroot sth out

Perfect

Ihave rooted sth out
youhave rooted sth out
he;she;ithas rooted sth out
wehave rooted sth out
youhave rooted sth out
theyhave rooted sth out

Past

Irooted sth out
yourooted sth out
he;she;itrooted sth out
werooted sth out
yourooted sth out
theyrooted sth out

Pluperfect

Ihad rooted sth out
youhad rooted sth out
he;she;ithad rooted sth out
wehad rooted sth out
youhad rooted sth out
theyhad rooted sth out

Future

Iwill root sth out
youwill root sth out
he;she;itwill root sth out
wewill root sth out
youwill root sth out
theywill root sth out

Future Perfect

Iwill have rooted sth out
youwill have rooted sth out
he;she;itwill have rooted sth out
wewill have rooted sth out
youwill have rooted sth out
theywill have rooted sth out

Subjunctive

Present

Iroot sth out
youroot sth out
he;she;itroot sth out
weroot sth out
youroot sth out
theyroot sth out

Perfect

Ihave rooted sth out
youhave rooted sth out
he;she;ithave rooted sth out
wehave rooted sth out
youhave rooted sth out
theyhave rooted sth out

Imperfect

Irooted sth out
yourooted sth out
he;she;itrooted sth out
werooted sth out
yourooted sth out
theyrooted sth out

Pluperfect

Ihad rooted sth out
youhad rooted sth out
he;she;ithad rooted sth out
wehad rooted sth out
youhad rooted sth out
theyhad rooted sth out

Conditional

Present

Iwould root sth out
youwould root sth out
he;she;itwould root sth out
wewould root sth out
youwould root sth out
theywould root sth out

Perfect

Iwould have rooted sth out
youwould have rooted sth out
he;she;itwould have rooted sth out
wewould have rooted sth out
youwould have rooted sth out
theywould have rooted sth out

Imperative

youroot sth out
weLet's root sth out
youroot sth out

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam rooting sth out
youare rooting sth out
he;she;itis rooting sth out
weare rooting sth out
youare rooting sth out
theyare rooting sth out

Perfect

Ihave been rooting sth out
youhave been rooting sth out
he;she;ithas been rooting sth out
wehave been rooting sth out
youhave been rooting sth out
theyhave been rooting sth out

Past

Iwas rooting sth out
youwere rooting sth out
he;she;itwas rooting sth out
wewere rooting sth out
youwere rooting sth out
theywere rooting sth out

Pluperfect

Ihad been rooting sth out
youhad been rooting sth out
he;she;ithad been rooting sth out
wehad been rooting sth out
youhad been rooting sth out
theyhad been rooting sth out

Future

Iwill be rooting sth out
youwill be rooting sth out
he;she;itwill be rooting sth out
wewill be rooting sth out
youwill be rooting sth out
theywill be rooting sth out

Future Perfect

Iwill have been rooting sth out
youwill have been rooting sth out
he;she;itwill have been rooting sth out
wewill have been rooting sth out
youwill have been rooting sth out
theywill have been rooting sth out

Conditional

Present

Iwould be rooting sth out
youwould be rooting sth out
he;she;itwould be rooting sth out
wewould be rooting sth out
youwould be rooting sth out
theywould be rooting sth out

Perfect

Iwould have been rooting sth out
youwould have been rooting sth out
he;she;itwould have been rooting sth out
wewould have been rooting sth out
youwould have been rooting sth out
theywould have been rooting sth out

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'root'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'root'

boot, foot, hoot, loot, moot, poot, riot, roof, rook, rool,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to engage in sexual intercourse
bang, bauf, beat, boff, boink, bone, bonk, bop, bounce, breed, bump nasties, bump uglies, catch a dick, cohabit, company, copulate, couple, dance, discuss Uganda, do it, do the deed, do the nasty, eff, engender, exchange flesh, expletive deleted, feck, frack, frak, frig, fuck, get busy, get freaky, get it, get it on, get jiggy, get laid, get one's end away, get one's freak on, get one's groove on, get one's leg over, get one's oats, get physical, get some, go all the way, graft the forked tree, haul one's ashes, have it off, have marital relations, have sex, have sexual relations, hump, intercourse, jig-jig, make it, make love, make the beast with two backs, make whoopee, mate, meddle, ming, play, ride, rock and roll, roger, roll around, see someone's etchings, sex, shag, share a bed, shelve, show someone one's etchings, slap bellies, sleep together, stick, tumble, wango tango
to plant or establish firmly
ingrain, radicate, settle

Additional Information

Etymology

1. "underground part of a plant," late O.E. rot, from O.N. rot "root," from P.Gmc. *wrot, *vrot (with characteristic loss of -w- before -r-), from PIE *wrd-. The O.E. cognate was wyrt "root, herb, plant" (see wort); also cognate with L. radix. The usual O.E. words for "root" were wyrttruma and wyrtwala. Fig. use is from c.1200. Of teeth, hair, etc., from c.1225. Mathematical sense is from 1557. Slang meaning "penis" is recorded from 1846. The verb meaning "fixed or firmly attached by roots" (often fig.) is attested from 1398; sense of "to pull up by the root" (now usually uproot) also is from 1398. Root beer first recorded 1843, Amer.Eng.; root doctor is from 1821.
2. PIE word
3. *wréh₂ds
4. From Middle English rote, root, roote (“the underground part of a plant”), from late Old English rōt, from Old Norse rót (“root”), from Proto-Germanic *wrōts (“root”), from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (“root”); Doublet of wort, radish, and radix.
5. Cognate with Scots ruit, rute (“root”), Danish rod (“root”), Faroese and Icelandic rót (“root”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish rot (“root”). See: Scots 'ruit'.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] walk, under a noble avenue of China trees, whose graceful forms and ever-springing foliage seemed to be the only things there that neglect could not daunt or alter,—like noble spirits, so deeply rooted in goodness, as to flourish and grow stronger amid discouragement and decay. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)